Knock Knock Knock –

One hundred and eight twilight drums are still ringing.

On the second day of the first lunar month, it should be the most lively time in Chang'an City, but the news that has just come from the border pass obviously makes this huge city with a population of one million unable to calm down for the New Year.

On Kuishou Street, the red lanterns on the three large arches of 'Xiao Luxu' shimmered, and the long street was sparsely populated, and all the princes and princes were discussing the current situation in the house.

Between the streets and alleys, literati gathered in tea houses and book clubs, with angry rhetoric and high-minded talk; The people in the tavern and tea shop scolded the group of mourning dogs in the Northern Qi Dynasty for forgetting the pain after their scars.

Although there was a rebellion in Jiangnan half a month ago, and the Northern Qi attacked the border at the end of the year, the people of Chang'an were still optimistic.

After all, Dayue established the country with force, so many armies are not decorations, and the literati and the people in the market discussed how to retaliate and deter the Northern Qi Dynasty, so as to promote the prestige of our Dayue.

But the scholars and the common people have seen what the imperial court wants them to see, and the characters who really understand the current situation are currently standing in the Taiji Hall, and the current mood is not so excited.

The dragon flag hunting on the white stone and jade road, and the Taiji Hall in the middle of the imperial city is as majestic as in the past.

In the Taiji Palace, the civil and military officials stand on both sides, looking at the nose and the nose, listening to the battle report that Taiyuan has just sent back in an urgent way for eight hundred miles, in addition, there is no other sound, and the needle can be heard.

The news of Ning Wuguan, in the early hours of the morning, most of the courtiers already knew about it, and now they still feel a little incredible.

Ningwu Pass, which has been guarded for sixty years, how could it be broken in one day?

The explanation given is that there were Northern Qi spies in the army, and the inside and outside should work together to destroy the city wall and open the gate.

Can the border military towns produce spies, or can they open and close the door, who will do the political trial? How is intelligence work done?

Northern Qi gathered more than 300,000 elite soldiers, plus many barbarian troops, such a big movement, the news obtained in advance turned out to be just a change of defense and normal movement of the right prince of Northern Qi.

The Investigation Department smashed in so much silver, raised countless spies and spies, and couldn't even see this, they were all rice buckets that didn't do anything with silver?

The civil and military officials are all pondering all kinds of messy possibilities in their hearts, but it is obviously pointless to discuss these now.

The Northern Qi Dynasty has entered the customs and is attacking Taiyuan, and Jinzhong has been attacked by surprise. This is almost the first time that Da Yue has been beaten so ugly since the founding of the country.

The eastern front was directly under the jurisdiction of the Liaoxi Protectorate, led by the Son of Heaven, and the dispatch of personnel and the deployment of the border army were all formulated by the Son of Heaven Song Ji and their group of civil and military courts.

The king of Chu and the king of Yu assisted in the defense of the north, and the soldiers were placed in not very important places, and Ningwuguan was the most important military fortress north of Taiyuan, and the emperor appointed the army from the main general to the supervising army.

If there is no in the place guarded by the five kings of Su, Chu, Yu, Wei, and Yue, and the place where the emperor personally guards is lost, how can he explain to the kings? How to explain to the people of the world and the nobles of the family?

King Wu didn't give relief to the disaster, and borrowed money from everywhere to make up your military salary, and you just guarded the border like this?

If the situation cannot be controlled, the prestige of the imperial court will be completely gone, and the central government will not be able to control the place, what will happen, the civil and military officials dare not think.

At this time, the most important thing is to get back the lost ground as quickly as possible and drive the Northern Qi out.

But a few days ago, the current saint suddenly inexplicably mobilized the Guanzhong army to the west side; Jiangnan rebelled, and pulled a large number of reserve troops from the Liaoxi Protectorate and went to Jiangnan.

As far as the current situation is concerned, before the Northern Qi Dynasty reaches Huozhou, the imperial court will not be able to transfer enough reinforcements.

Faced with the sudden dilemma, the civil and military officials had nothing to do, and they all focused their attention on Song Ji, the son of heaven.

On the dragon chair in the main hall, Song Ji's expression was as smooth as ever, but his fingers kept rubbing gently, and his eyes looked at the jade seal on his side, and the thunderous anger was faintly visible.

Song Ji is a very smart monarch, when there was a sudden rebellion in Jiangnan, he had already noticed that something was wrong, and did not provoke the king of Wu, who had been squeezed to the limit, but let the two kings of Yu and Wei and the protectorate of Liaoxi lead troops to quell the rebellion.

But Song Ji really didn't expect that Ning Wuguan would break in this situation, allowing him to fall into such a predicament.

Now that he has carefully reviewed it, Song Ji has already noticed that something is wrong.

At the beginning, the news of the jade seal suddenly appeared in Youzhou, and Xu Buling also appeared in Youzhou inexplicably at that time.

When Song Ji heard the news, he must have suspected that Xu Buling was trying to rob the jade seal, and whether it was true or not, he would be on guard.

In order to guard against King Su in the northwest tearing his face, Song Ji mobilized the Guanzhong army to the west side.

Then there was a sudden rebellion in Jiangnan, and Song Ji knew that there were other vassal kings interfering in the affairs of the jade seal, so he mobilized his own soldiers and went south to quell the rebellion.

It was at this critical point in time that Northern Qi suddenly entered the customs from the middle, and the timing was just right, saying that no one was fueling it, and Song Ji didn't believe it.

But the key now is not whether someone has laid out it, the matter has come to this point, the most important thing is to give an explanation to the civil and military courtiers - why the transfer of troops from the east and the west to vacate the middle?

It is understandable that the purpose of moving troops to the east is to quell the rebellion.

But how to transfer troops to the west, how to explain to the civil and military officials and the people of the world?

Song Ji can't say that the jade seal in his hand is fake, a real jade seal appeared in Youzhou, and Xu Buling was also in Youzhou, so he transferred troops to defend the king and beat the pass.

When this news is spoken, something will happen if nothing happens.

Don't talk about the reason for the transfer of troops, it's just that you are on guard against King Su by default, and it won't work.

Now King Su is honest, something happened in Taiyuan, in order to beware of the vassal king, he even ignored the border passes, isn't you, the emperor, too suspicious and sick, and careless?

This is almost a dead end, and Song Ji can't explain why he suddenly transferred heavy troops to the Western Front, and the pot of Ningwu Pass lost and could not return to help was decided.

Song Ji rubbed his fingers, listened to the battle situation reported by the officials, was silent for a long time, and said:

"Ningwuguan to Jinzhong, 70,000 soldiers and horses, even if there are no reinforcements, they can't hold it even for a day?"

There was silence in the main hall, obviously unable to answer the question.

Prime Minister Xiao Chuyang, thought for a while, and took a step forward:

"The vanguard of the Northern Qi Dynasty is all cavalry, and it is the New Year's Pass, it is reasonable for the border army to be negligent, and it should have begun to assemble the remnants of the counterattack."

The newly promoted lieutenant Guan Hongzhuo, as the head of the military attaché, was promoted by Song Ji, and soon after he took the throne, he encountered such a big mess, it can be said that he suffered an unjustified disaster, and he was bound to take the blame for the Son of Heaven.

However, Guan Hongzhuo is still very confident in the combat strength of the border army, so he thought about it at this time and said:

"What Xiao Xiang said is extremely true, I'm afraid there will be good news soon......"

This kind of lack of nutrition is just a comforting word, and it is obviously a bit inappropriate to say it at this time.

Song Ji was already full of anger, and it was not easy to scold Xiao Chuyang, who was in charge of hundreds of officials, but he didn't have much politeness to Guan Hongzhuo, who was hand-picked, and his voice was a little angry:

"Good news? Jinzhong has been lost, the back road of Taiyuan City has been broken, 300,000 troops have entered the customs, how to defend 20,000 soldiers and horses in Taiyuan City? Lu Liang can't draw many reinforcements, with 50,000 soldiers and horses scattered in various passes, can he push back? What good news can there be at this time......"

"Newspaper—good news—"

Song Ji was speaking angrily, and suddenly a messenger Pegasus came outside the main hall, holding a letter in his hand.

During the war, even the court was not dissolved, and the rule that horses could not be ridden in the palace was naturally gone.

The civil and military officials were waiting for Song Ji to vent his grievances, and suddenly heard a sentence of 'good news', and they were all stunned.

As soon as the Son of Heaven said that there was no good news, you reported the victory on the spot, did you want to slap the face of the Son of Heaven?

Guan Hongzhuo originally bowed his head and was honestly scolded, but when he heard "Good news!" "One stumble, all of them are stunned. He just followed Xiao Chuyang's words and persuaded the Son of Heaven, how could the good news really come?

Song Ji, who was full of anger, still stretched out his fingers, and when he heard the sound of words, he almost choked to death, his expression changed several times in an instant, and he was also mentally strong, so he didn't stand up and scold.

However, now that the military situation is urgent, since it is good news, there is nothing to be ashamed of.

If he was slapped on the spot, he would be able to hear the victory at Bian Pass, and Song Ji wished that Guan Hongzhuo would slap him a few more times and settle this mess quickly.

After the civil and military officials came back to their senses, they hurriedly turned their heads to look at the messengers who rushed in, and their eyes were very eager.

After all, from last night to now, all I have heard is sad news, and the Northern Qi is like a bamboo, and if you listen to it again, you will be depressed. At this time, although it is unlikely that there will be any major success, it is not exciting to be able to counterattack back a township.

Song Ji regained his calm expression and raised his hand: "Say!" ”

The envoy held the cylinder, ran quickly to the center of the hundred officials, and said loudly:

"Lu Liang came to report that yesterday afternoon, the prince of Su Wang Xu Buling, took the soldiers of Qingxu County to join the army Chen Da and two hundred light cavalry, and rushed to Taiyuan to assist in the defense of the ......"

As soon as the words came out, there was a noise in the hall.

The civil and military officials are all inexplicable:

"How could the prince of Su be in Taiyuan?"

"What kind of defense, with two hundred people, it must be to take refuge in Taiyuan City......"

"Could it be that the prince of Su was captured alive by Northern Qi? How can this be a good ......?"

Song Ji was also stunned, but Xu Buling was captured alive by Northern Qi, which was bad news, and it was impossible to report the victory.

The civil and military officials said a few words, and then remembered that this was good news, and said secretly: Isn't it Xu Buling who successfully broke through with 200 people? That's really good news, at least I was caught......

"Go on, Xu Bulingke rushed to Taiyuan City?"

The envoy waited for the hundred officials to calm down and continued:

"The prince of Su Wang Xu did not order, and rushed to Taiyuan with two hundred light horsemen to assist in the defense, and near Langgou Village, he collided with the 10,000 vanguard elite cavalry led by the prince of the right prince of Northern Qi......"

"Shhhh

Hearing this, all the civil and military officials took a breath of cold air, and their eyes were frightened.

Two hundred people collided with 10,000 elite vanguard troops?

This is a fart!

Is it possible not to die on the battlefield?

This is good news, King Su lost his son, and he will definitely explode to scourge the left wing of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and the pressure on the eastern front will be greatly reduced.

But this must not be called good news, it should be sad news......

Song Ji was also inexplicable, flicked his sleeves lightly, and suppressed the whispers of the ministers:

"How? Did you escape back? ”

The envoy nodded seriously: "The prince of Su Wang bumped into the Northern Qi vanguard army, changed his route and turned back, and was detected by the Qi army, and the Qi army sent four hundred elite cavalry to pursue ......"

"Isn't this a send......?"